&female; Iva

What does Iva mean?

Iva▼ as a name for girls is an Old English and Hebrew name, and the name Iva means "God is gracious". Iva is an alternate form of Ivana (Czechoslovakian, Slavic, Hebrew): feminine of Ivan. Iva is also a variant of Ivy (Old English): name from nature. Iva is also used as a variant of Jane (Hebrew).

How popular is Iva?

Iva is a very popular first name for females (#562 out of 4276, Top 13%) but a rare last name for all people. (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Iva reached its peak rank of #113 in the U.S. during the years 1890-1899, and is currently at #1698. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2016)

Which version is better?

Popular alternative forms of Iva (#1698 THE PREVIOUS YEAR) are Ivana(#1188), Ivanka(#1843), Ivanna(#578), Ivey(#1565), Ivie, Ivy(#112), Jan, Jana(#917), Jane(#279), Jean and Joan(#1830). These forms of Iva were popular 9 decades ago (AVERAGE #1104) and have become significantly less conventional since (#1334, DOWN 92%), with forms like Joan becoming less trendy. Ivanna and Ivy are two of the more contemporarily stylish girl names in this list.